Sony Cutting Back on UMD Sales

Karsten writes "An article in Variety claims that Sony is cutting back on UMD releases. While comedies are doing well, other genres simply aren't getting much traction." From the article: "Some have reasoned that sales may have slowed recently because of a shortage of new titles in the last month and because users may be illegally copying films from DVDs onto a memory chip the PSPs can read. Sony is hoping to combat online piracy starting in March when it begins selling movies online via its Connect digital media store. Users will be able to download a pic and watch it on PSP without a disc."

I get it

[FidelCatsro]

"comedies are doing well"
So does this officially mean UMD movies are a Joke

Re:Illegally?

[lordcat]

Haven't you been reading /.? Copying a CD or DVD to work on another device is clearly not an example of fair use... well.. maybe it was a few weeks ago... but now-a-days fair use doesn't include copying or ripping or backing up (or even playing for that matter) any media you buy...

NO, the MPAA is following the RIAA

[SmallFurryCreature]

If you want you content in another format you should rebuy it, you nasty pirate!

Yeah, of course your right and in any normal country you do have the right to make a copy for personal use. If you do not have that right then you do not live in a normal country and are a silly person who deserves sillyness.

Fight for your right to recode your own content for your own use!

Re:Give us a break!

[Jaysyn]

"If it ever gets to that stage, I guess it's time to start doing other things than watching bad hollywood flicks."

Way ahead of you.

Jaysyn

Sale of UMDs

[sunderland56]

It's about time they stopped selling UMDs. After spending billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives on a wild search for UMDs in Iraq, you wouldn't want Sony just selling them in the shops, now would you?

Re:Nice Try

[Des Herriott]

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